内容摘要：The damages the prosecutors are seeking amount to a penalty of 50,000 reais ($8,867) per violation, multiplied by the number of workers affected, in addition to moral damages.

The damages the prosecutors are seeking amount to a penalty of 50,000 reais ($8,867) per violation, multiplied by the number of workers affected, in addition to moral damages.

Clocks are set to Beijing time. Signage is predominantly in Chinese, and China’s yuan is the dominant and preferred currency.Central to the GTSEZ city-state is Zhao Wei’s

, which the United States Treasury also described as a hub for criminal activity such as money laundering, narcotics and wildlife trafficking.During a recent visit to the zone by Al Jazeera, Rolls Royce limousines ferried gamblers to some of the city’s casinos while workers toiled on the construction of an elaborate and expansive Venice-style waterway just a stone’s throw from the Mekong river.While luxury construction projects – including the recently completed Bokeo International Airport – speak to the vast amounts of money flowing through this mini casino city, it is inside the grey, nondescript tower blocks dotted around the economic zone where the lucrative online scam trade occurs.

Within these tower blocks, thousands offrom all over the world – just like Khobby – are reported to spend up to 17 hours a day working online to dupe unsuspecting “clients” into parting with their money.

The online swindles are as varied as investing money in fake business portfolios to paying false tax bills that appear very real and from trading phoney cryptocurrency to being caught in online romance traps.

Anti-trafficking experts say most of the workers are deceived into leaving their home countries – such are nearby China, Thailand and Indonesia or as far away as Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda and Ethiopia – with the promise of decent salaries.Before Mexico decided to elect its judges, the choice of judicial leaders was made through internal government channels.

Supreme Court justices, for instance, were nominated by Mexico's president and approved in the Senate. A judicial commission, meanwhile, selected the other federal judges, evaluating candidates through exams, coursework and experience.But last year, a constitutional amendment paved the way for Sunday's controversial election.

It was a final, parting victory for outgoing PresidentAndres Manuel Lopez Obrador